Phosphate Deposit Seg. 2

Prospect in Uintah county in Utah, United States with commodity Phosphorus-Phosphates
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000996
MRDS ID M057681
Record type District
Current site name Phosphate Deposit Seg. 2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.81353, 40.57435 (WGS84)
Relative position THE UTM LOCATION IS OF THE CENTER OF THIS AREA. THIS AREA EXTENDS FROM UINTA SPECIAL MERIDIAN BORDER TO ASHLEY CREEK. THE NEXT SEGMENT EAST IS DESCRIBED IN PHOSPHATE DEPOSIT SEG. 3

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Uintah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dutch John(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vernal(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Duchesne(hydrologic unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Uintah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.81353, 40.57435

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description THIS AREA HAS NUMEROUS NW TRENDING FAULTS. THE PARK CITY FM AT ASHLEY CREEK GORGE STRIKES N65W, DIP 27S

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PRUITT, R G, JR, 1961 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF UINTAH CO.: UGMS BULL 71 , P. 78-79

  • Deposit

    SMITH, L E AND OTHERS, 1952 , STRATIG SECT OF THE PHOSPHORIA FM: USGS CIRC 211 , P. 33

  • Deposit

    CHENEY, T M, 1957 , PHOSPHATE IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL AND MIN SURV BULL 59 , P. 45-47

  • Deposit

    SCHULTZ, A R, 1918 , A GEOL RECON OF THE UINTA MTNS: USGS BULL 690-C, P. 85-89

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.